To tread on his shadow was a crime punished with death: _He make ke ee malu_.

The chief next the throne took the title of _Wohi_.

He who ranked next, that of _Mahana_.
These titles could belong at the same time to several chiefs of the blood-royal, who were called _Alii kapu, Alii wohi_.

The ordinary nobility furnished the king's aids-de-camp, called _Hulumanu_ (plumed officers).
By the side of the nobility were the _Kahu alii_, literally guardians of the chiefs, of noble origin by the younger branch, but who dared not claim the title of chief in the presence of their elders.

The Kahu alii of the male sex might be considered born chamberlains; of the female, ladies of the bed-chamber.
There were five kinds of Kahu alii, which are: Iwikuamoo, Ipukuha, Paakahili, Kiaipoo, Aipuupuu.
These titles constituted as many hereditary charges reserved for the lesser nobility.